Chapter 377 Unprovoked Show of Goodwill

After a moment of waiting sound, Lawrence's call was answered.

"Lawrence, good evening. I'm Chen Yan. I'm really sorry to bother you so late."

I don’t know if it was Chen Yan’s misunderstanding. Since the last phone call, Lawrence has always had a hint of abnormal eagerness in his tone when talking to him. He is a good friend——

Even the tone of speech that only "best friends" have.

But Chen Yan obviously only had a working relationship with him, and the two of them had never even met in person.

Although Chen Yan didn't understand this, it didn't stop him from taking it as his advantage.

"Mr. Chen, good evening, what can I do?"

Lawrence's voice was still tired. It seemed that running the zoo was not an easy task.

Especially after the director's server is turned on, the maintenance of the "hardware" in the zoo may make Lawrence's work more cumbersome and tiring.

Since he was very tired and needed to rest as soon as possible, Chen Yan explained the purpose of his visit straightforwardly in order to save time:

"I would like to ask, where is the progress of the application for status from the Federal Bureau of Investigation of Abnormal Biological Beings?"

Helpless laughter came from the phone:

"Mr. Chen, you are really impatient... I just sorted out your information and submitted it today. I won't get a reply until tomorrow at the earliest."

Chen Yan was slightly disappointed:

"Is that so... I would like to ask you how the process of investigating abnormal creatures works?"

He added in a "very concerned" tone:

"How is the reward calculated?"

In the dictionary of many Imperial people, there is no such context as "implicit". Failure to tell the truth will often result in a failed conversation with them.

Lawrence responded quickly:

"The [definition of bounty] should be based on the results of the investigation, the level of detail, and the rarity of the abnormal creature. Sometimes the bounty is not necessarily money, but may be other things."

Chen Yan asked:

"What if it's a demi-human that's not recorded in the records?"

Lawrence replied:

"A new demi-human race? That would be a great discovery, no less than the discovery of a new species. The reward may exceed the maximum level specified."

Lawrence's next words poured cold water on Chen Yan:

"But there are almost no demihuman species in the world that have not been recorded by the Abnormal Biological Investigation Agency. Back then, the director used the [Eye of the Demihuman King] to look across the entire planet and record all the demihuman species that could be seen.

"

"Since then...about twenty years ago, investigators have begun to investigate the demi-humans in this world based on the clues given by the director."

"As of today, those investigations have been almost completed - as far as the empire is concerned, there are almost no unknown sub-human races."

Chen Yan heard the word "almost" added out of caution in Lawrence's words.

He asked: "What if this sub-race only appeared in recent years?"

Lawrence replied: "The odds are too low.

Subhuman races usually become what they are today through a long process of evolution - unlike the short-lived human superhuman beings, subhuman races have existed for hundreds or thousands of years in the past, and their ecological systems have been perfected.

, even the ecological niche is very clear. In this case, new races generally do not appear suddenly."

Chen Yan said stubbornly: "What if it really shows up?"

There was a moment of silence on the phone.

After silence, Lawrence's voice came again: "If you really discover a new subhuman race, it is equivalent to discovering a new ecological chain - outside the existing ecological chain that has been confirmed to be closed, you have discovered

A new ecological chain—this will cause a major earthquake in the world of abnormal biology."

"And as the discoverer, you will be recorded in history!"

"The most important thing is that you will have priority investigation rights - this is the power given by the empire as an investigator of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of Abnormal Biology. In the extraordinary society, the priority of priority investigation rights is very high.

of."

Chen Yan asked: "Are there any other benefits? Material."

There was another two seconds of silence.

Lawrence's earnest voice came from the phone: "Mr. Chen, you are still young and have a lot of time to improve yourself. You don't need to waste your energy for some worldly money. Wait until you have achieved enough achievements.

, when you are thirty or forty years old, as long as you are valuable enough, money will always come."

Chen Yanwei said: "But if I don't find a way to make money now, I may go bankrupt soon - just earlier tonight, my kitchen was bombed by a gang member, and I almost died... so

Now I really want to make a lot of money and move to a neighborhood with better security, so that I don’t have to live in fear every day.”

Lawrence was speechless: "Ah...so that's it...I'm so sorry..."

He then said: "I haven't lived in a human community for too long, and I no longer know what the world has become. I shouldn't use my own imaginary requirements to restrain you..."

The adjective in Lawrence's sentence is very strange. It was also the first time that the two of them talked about information about Lawrence's life. He seemed unwilling to say more about this aspect and quickly moved to other topics:

"As far as I know, the Federal Bureau of Investigation of Abnormal Biology has a listed fund specifically for investigation. Investigators will receive financial assistance from the fund pool after applying - successfully applying for a bird that has not yet undergone the [Sublimation Ceremony]

If you submit the investigation form of the Asians, you can get at least 5 pounds of investigation start-up funds."

5 pounds...

Chen Yan quickly calculated in his mind that this time he would find a regular construction team, repair the restaurant, energize the apartment, install lights in each room, and re-make the waterproof and sunscreen layer on the attic... After this series of operations, it is estimated that

Around 4 pounds.

As a result, I only have about 6 pounds left in my savings.

After paying personal tax, land tax, electricity and water bills next month, I estimate that I will only have about 5 pounds left.

Five pounds is not a number that can give Chen Yan enough sense of security.

If you become an investigator of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of Abnormal Biology, use the shrimp man in the basement to successfully apply for an investigation form, and get 5 pounds of investigation start-up funds, you will have a deposit of about 15 pounds. Even if you buy breakfast and dinner every day,

Can support the normal operation of the apartment...

"Thank you, Lawrence."

The voice on the other end of the phone was still warm:

"I hope you can go further on the extraordinary road. Good night, Mr. Chen."

After saying good night to Lawrence, Chen Yan hung up the phone.

Lawrence's unprovoked approach made Chen Yan wary, because in his world view, there is no such thing as unprovoked intimacy in this world.

But no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't figure out what was going on with Lawrence.

Anyway, take down that shrimp man first.

Chen Yan came to the long and narrow tool table, picked up a notebook filled with various electrical symbols, and wrote on it with a rotten ballpoint pen:

"Hello, I am Chen Yan, the landlord of Apartment 33 Walker Street. I am very happy to find you. I do not intend to charge extra rent for the basement. I just want to make friends with you."

It seems useless to just write these things. If the other party doesn't want to communicate with him, he can just run away.

So Chen Yan looked at the bookcase occupying half of the wall on one side of the room.

Then he wrote in his notebook:

"I am very interested in your collection of books and tools. I want to borrow them for a while. I am sure you will not refuse because of your hospitality. I would like to thank you in advance."

If you need to see me for anything, I will open the door to the basement from the first floor again at this time tomorrow night.

Hope we can have a nice conversation.》

After he finished writing, he put the notebook squarely on the table, called Jack Baldo, and spent about an hour bringing the shrimp man's collection of books, tools, and the green and glowing [Marshmallow] ore,

They moved from the basement to the first floor.

After completing all this, he walked out of the small door of the basement, and the endless caves and waters once again gave him a new perspective.

The white and shiny water in the water was extremely clear, allowing Chen Yan to easily see the bottom of the water - a depth of more than one meter at most, not even reaching Chen Yan's waist.

There were even silvery-white swimming fish at the bottom of the water. Those swimming fish were almost transparent. Chen Yan squatted by the water and looked at them for a while, and found that there were no gray or black impurities in the bodies of these silvery swimming fish-this shows that this

The transparent water is very clean and not polluted by sewage in the sewer.

He has no plans to explore deeper for the time being, and is just waiting for the shrimp man to contact him - he is sure that the shrimp man will do that.

He returned to the first floor of the apartment, found an abandoned door panel and several heavy boxes of coal from the warehouse, covered the door panel at the hole leading to the basement, and pressed the box full of coal on top of the door panel, creating an ugly but practical

The cover is thus created.

I glanced at my watch and saw that the time had reached 11:23 pm.

After working hard all day, Chen Yan was tired. He said good night to Jack Baldo and returned to the bedroom in Room 305.

Wishes still kept vigil for him, and Chen Yan seemed to have become accustomed to this kind of life. He fell on the bed, and within a few minutes he heard a heavy cry.

Wishes looked out the window with solemn eyes.

The shadow creatures came the night before yesterday, and the [UFO] from the Moon Familiar clan came last night. What will come tonight?

Sometimes I don't understand what is going on with Chen Yan and why he is being targeted by so many people.

It was not until later that she attributed everything that happened around Chen Yan to "luck" that her doubts finally disappeared.

After a moment of waiting, the midnight bell rang. Wishes raised his head and saw the "heightened" Moon Bell Tower in the city center - that thing is now being transformed into an extremely tall tower, with almost hundreds of towers.

Meters of erection assistance and terrifyingly high tower cranes surround the tower, making the tower look like a miracle of holy light standing on the horizon.

The vision of desire was quickly blocked by uninvited guests.

Tonight's uninvited guest is not a monster, but it is much scarier than a ferocious monster.

What appeared outside the window was a hunter.
Chapter completed!